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...most important issue in Cambridge's future, Danehy says, is the extension of the MBTA Redline, which he believes has not been sufficiently monitored by the council...
...regulations are in the city, all academic institutions are not required to conform to the rules (courtesy of the 1975 state Dover Amendment). The last time Cambridge successfully confronted Harvard was in 1975, when Graham led her infamous crusade to halt construction of the Kennedy Library complex on the MBTA yards. City Councilor David Clem recalls this instance as the first time Harvard really lost a fight, but the issue was more complicated. The emotional impact of placing the memorial to the late John F. Kennedy in an unfriendly environment finally forced the Kennedy Corporation to take their project...
City Councilor Saundra Graham, whose community leadership two years ago blocked Harvard's proposal for constructing the Kennedy Library complex on the MBTA yards, says she does not recall a precedent for Cambridge taking Harvard's property by eminent domain. "I really don't want to raise people's hopes by saying I think the city will do this," she says. However, Graham is more hopeful about a proposal she herself is drafting for next year's legislative session that would give Cambridge residents home-rule on zoning and would require Harvard to consult with the city residents about future...
...entire MBTA yard is to be sold, except for sections planned for the new John F. Kennedy School of Government building, a Kennedy Memorial Park, and a temporary MBTA station, according to the board's requests for proposals...
Three Cambridge developers have already begun planning their proposals, which they must submit to the MBTA Yards Project Review Board by December 19, according to the "Request for Proposals" which the board issued last Friday. The request issues new guidelines for the developers, whom the Board selected in July from a field...